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2014 Colombian parliamentary election

Congressional elections were held in Colombia on 9 March 2014 to elect members to both chambers of Congress. The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested, as well as the 166 seats of the House of Representatives, plus the delegates to the Andean Parliament. There were 773 candidates for the Senate, 1,528 candidates for the House of Representatives, and 23 candidates for the five Colombian seats in the Andean Parliament. 32,795,962 Colombians had been registered to vote in the elections by the cut-off date of 25 January 2014.

The elections were notable for the decision by former president Álvaro Uribe to stand for the Senate, the first ex-president in modern Colombian history to run for Congress afterwards. Uribe is constitutionally barred from standing for president again, having already served two terms.

Both senators and representatives are elected to four-year terms however the electoral system differs. The electoral system used for the Senate is a one national constituency to elect 100 members by proportional representation whilst the remaining 2 Senators are reserved for Indigenous Colombians, who have a separate ballot. The House of Representatives uses proportional representation with the departments serving as constituencies, each electing from between 2 and 18 members.


	Social Party of National Unity	2,268,911	19.12	21	–7
	Democratic Center	2,113,347	17.81	20	New
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,973,009	16.63	18	–4
	Colombian Liberal Party	1,768,825	14.91	17	0
	Radical Change	1,006,260	8.48	9	+1
	Green Party	567,102	4.78	5	0
	Alternative Democratic Pole	540,709	4.56	5	–3
	Citizen Option	534,250	4.50	5	–4
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	334,836	2.82	0	–3
Blank votes	757,907	6.39	–	–
Total	11,865,156	100.00	100	0

11,865,156	83.69
2,312,742	16.31
14,177,898	100.00
32,803,324	43.22
	Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement	48,928	15.40	1	New
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	35,906	11.30	1	0
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	31,094	9.79	0	–1
	Organisation of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon	15,041	4.73	0	New
	Cabildo del Resguardo de Calderas	9,419	2.96	0	New
	Multi-Ethnic Colombia	7,057	2.22	0	New
	National Indigenous Association of Colombia	6,386	2.01	0	New
	Ethnic Renewal of Colombia	5,963	1.88	0	New
	Indigenous Council of San Sebastian de los Lagos	4,078	1.28	0	New
	Indigenous Community of Barrancon	3,901	1.23	0	New
	Yanacona Indigenous Corporation	3,246	1.02	0	New
	Association of Traditional Indigenous Authorities	3,163	1.00	0	New
	Association of Traditional Authorities and Indigenous Councils	2,067	0.65	0	New
	Indigenous Agricultural Pride	1,881	0.59	0	New
Blank votes	139,547	43.93	–	–
Total	317,677	100.00	2	0

Source: RNEC

National Electoral Council

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